A New Orleans man shot in the head on Friday evening (Feb. 14) in the 7th Ward died that night from that gunshot wound, Orleans Parish Coroner's Office investigator John Gagliano confirmed on Sunday.

Reginald LaFrance, 32, was shot about 6:45 p.m. Friday in the 2800 block of Pauger Street, according to Gagliano and the New Orleans Police Department. On Friday evening, the NOPD had reported that LaFrance was taken from the scene to an area hospital, where he had been listed in critical condition.

On Jan. 9, Henry Collins Jr. also was fatally shot on Pauger Street. Collins, a transient with known addresses in Illinois and Mississippi, was shot in the 2000 block of Pauger, in the St. Roch neighborhood.

LaFrance's death was one of seven killings in New Orleans since Thursday.

On Thursday morning, there was a fatal stabbing the 7200 block of Bunker Hill Road in eastern New Orleans. The victim was identified as 29-year-old Jemond Carson.

Gerald Roberson, 39, was fatally shot in the head late Thursday (Feb. 13) in the middle of the 8700 block of Cohn Street, according to the NOPD. Also, on Thursday, the NOPD discovered an apparent murder-suicide inside a home near the Fair Grounds, in the 2800 block of Fortin Street.

On Saturday evening (Feb. 15), a 32-year-old man was fatally shot in the head in the 3200 block of Lowerline Street, near the corner of Earhart Boulevard, in Gert Town.

And on Sunday morning (Feb. 16), a man was fatally shot in the Hollygrove neighborhood, near Leonidas Street, according to the New Orleans Police Department. The incident occurred in the 8600 block of Belfast Street, NOPD spokesman Garry Flot said on Sunday morning.

Police reported the incident about 10 a.m. Sunday, adding that an officer there needed assistance.

No other information, including that victim's identity, had yet been released by the NOPD by early Sunday afternoon.